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Shares of Zoetis Inc. slid 6.0% to $72.66 on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.6% to 7,757.64 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.3% to 54,036.93.
Zoetis Inc. closed 54.7% below its 52-week high of $160.48, which the company achieved on August 20th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its peers, as Merck & Co. Inc. rose 0.2% to $128.58, IDEXX Laboratories Inc. fell 0.6% to $586.67.
Trading volume totaled 12.7 million, compared to the 50-day average of 6.8 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet